Today, I'm celebrating four more years and a whole lot of love for my community and its rock star community servants. After last night's election, I am once again proud to be a Nevadan and an American. This election cycle tested many of us like never before and now that it's over, I hope you are proud of your work and what we accomplished together.

To the candidates we volunteered for, thank you for your leadership and willingness to step up to make our communities a better place to be.

To the candidates who won, remember that you represent those of us who helped you get elected even as we have your back.

To the candidates who lost, remember that you have our love and appreciation for getting out there and giving it your best. We expect you to try again and we'll be there to help you when you do.

To the campaign staffers who worked for too little pay and on too little sleep, thank you for keeping us all on task and giving us a blueprint to get the job done. To the folks who held down full-time jobs as well as volunteered for a campaign, thank you for giving so much of yourselves when no one would have blamed you for trying to get the laundry done or fix the nagging drip in the kitchen sink instead.

To the moms and dads who picked up the slack at home so your partner could campaign with us, thank you for loaning us your loved one and not making (too much) a fuss about it.

To the little ones who didn’t get to see as much of mommy or daddy because they were working with us, please give them an extra big welcome home hug for us. They were doing a lot of this work for you.

To the school teachers and labor union members, thank you for standing up for what you believe and putting your money where your mouth is.

To the hundreds of women who canvassed with their babies in strollers or phone banked after work in your power suits, thank you for being one of the reasons we did so well this cycle.

To the seniors who showed up at every rally and meeting in their Social Security & Medicare t-shirts prepared to handle registration, direct traffic and tell the candidates exactly what was on your minds, thank you for being both rod and lightening as either the candidate's best ally or fiercest opponent.

To the veterans who met with the candidates, thank you for reminding them that we won't let them forget you.

To the environmentalists who called and rallied and gave money, thank you for educating the community about why we need green electeds in office.

To the young women who rallied in hot pink Planned Parenthood t-shirts and protested against those candidates who support the war on women, thank you for reminding the candidates that women are watching and women vote.

To the small business owners who turned your offices and warehouses into staging locations, thank you for proving this election is about the middle class.

To the volunteers who traveled to other states to help get out the vote, thank you for proving this election is about what we can do when we all work together.

To the candidates we worked against, thank you for being worthy opponents, for testing our resolve, and for making us understand better than ever why we value what we value.

And to those who tried to quell the voices of the people, who tried to enact last minute voter suppression laws, hijack our votes, and turn people away from the polls, this win's for you.

Make sure to check out the "general ballot" under the Resources tab here on TBN for party affiliation information on the candidates. If you want more information, you might want to check out these voter guides. Note: TBN does not fact check or source their work.

If you have a progressive or non-partisan voter guide you would like considered for addition to this list, please send the link and some general information about its contents to info@thebluenevadan.com. The Blue Nevadan reserves the right to include only those guides felt to be supportive of Democratic or true non-partisan values.